A few days after the update for the Google Clock App on Wear OS which brought new icons to clock, timer and time trial on smartwatches, Google started to distribute a new version of the Companion App Google Pixel Watch which brings with it a new icon but not only.
The app that allows users to pair, configure and customize smartwatches Made by Google Through their Android smartphone it receives further changes to the user interface in sauce Material 3 Expressive. Let’s find out all the details.
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New icon and other changes for the Google Pixel Watch app
Google recently launched the rollout of New version 4.1 of the Compani Google Pixel Watch app which, compared to the previous version 4.0 which had brought with it the first signs of expressive Redesign, can count on many other news (via 9to5google).
First of all, the icon of the app changes: the iconic (but generic) smartwatch is disordered by the four colors of Google, replaced by an icon that reminds more closely a pixel watch and recalls the colors of the alarm clock icons, chronometer and timer of the latest version of Google watch for Wear OS.
Secondly, the app is further revised to accommodate new elements in style Material 3 Expressivestarting from the upper part that, before the preview of the smartwatch, now proposes a carousel of “stories” to know the most useful features (specifically we find Fitbit, personal emergencies, Gemini and Wallet).
Third, we can see how all the various sub -menus have been updated to the expressive design: the various items/options are enclosed in “containers” (or cards), grouped by category; The catalog of squares has also been adapted to the new expressive design.
How to download or update the Companion app for smartwatches Made by Google
As anticipated at the opening, the Companion app Pixel Watch It is essential to pair, configure or customize (for example the dials, manage cards, install apps and much more) one of the smartwatches Made by Googleor to interface it with your Android smartphone.
It can be downloaded or updated via the Google Play Store (the app page can be reached via the badge below): at that point, just make a tap on “Install” (in case you have to install it for the first time) or on “Update” (in the event that you have already installed it but the presence of an update is reported).
The new version 4.1 of the app is under the gradual Rolout phase: if you hurry to try it on your device, you can resort to the manual installation of the APK package, which will soon be available download from the Apkmirror portal.
